ME 6340 - Digital Flight Control Systems

Analysis and design of discrete and sampled-data control systems applied to aircraft and missile systems. Basic digital system concepts, mathematical models of open and closed-loop systems containing a digital computer, and Z transform analysis. Compensation techniques applied to aerospace systems. Digital filtering, including Tustin transform and pole-zero mapping. Z plane and W plane analysis of system stability and performance. Computer simulation of sampled-data systems. Extensive use of commercial software tools.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ME 5330, or equivalent, and 5400.

Credits: 3 hrs.

Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (3-0)